Are there any air units with builtin dehumidifiers?

Im not really sure how it works, I guess there is a water cooling tower on the roof, that sends water down to my AC unit, and create cold air somehow. The fan and A coil are my personal ones inside my unit. Was looking for a duhumidifier to work into that.

Are there any air units with builtin dehumidifiers?

The voices that say the AC is supposed to remove plenty of humidity (during the summer at least), that to me sounds like some sort of ideal. How is that working for everybody?

If you can find things to try to fix the AC before you put in a dehu, that would keep the dehu from being a band-aid on a lousy HVAC system. All the professional voices saying to adjust airflow downward, to fix air leaks in the ductwork and/or building envelope, those sound like the voice of wisdom to me. You may end up paying more than a dehu would cost, but that would address the "real" problem.

Is it permissable to discuss pricing on this thread? I know most HVAC pros who install a dehu are not getting rich off it, but their cost structure must be crazy high to get up to the quotes I have seen. Prepare for sticker shock if you get a quote on a whole-house dehu. Stand alone models all seem to be much cheaper, the problem then is to get the equal functionality.

I would exhaust all the other possibilities first, and then consider a "trial version" dehu before putting out the money for a really good one. For a couple hundred you might consider a stand-alone cheapie from Home Depot or the like. Put it in your home and see if you like what does, see if you want more. If yes, then you have spent only a couple hundred to try, a small number in the whole scheme of things. Something like the Thermastor Santa Fe models will have maybe 3X the pints/day capacity, yet much better efficiency and therefore less waste heat. Look up "PINTS per KWH (kilowatt-hour)" for any model you consider, it will be an eye opener.

Some other brands consume twice the electricity of the equivalent Thermastor, but is that a deal killer? If it costs $30/month to run an appliance, is it important that it be high efficiency? Is efficiency worth a high initial price? You tell me. I am curious as to your opinions on this.

Are there any air units with builtin dehumidifiers?

Fixing air infiltration is important. Sounds like he has a chilled water coil and those are not great for dehumidifying as they do not run at nearly as cold a temp as a freon type. In condos there may be restrictions as to what you can tamper with and do to the structure. Need to be careful and talk to the board.